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LEO 4LoEsER, oF BUFFALO, New YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 578,824, dated March 16, 189,-?.

Application filed February 26, 1896. Serial No. 580,819. (No Specimens.) V

To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, LEO LOESER, of Buffalo,

in the county of Erieand State of New York,

' toward the adjacent hundred or thousand ghave invented certain new and useful Im-4 provexnen'ts in Checks, Bonds,Notes,&e. and

VI do hereby declare the following to be a full,

marginal indication of numbers which can be torn olf, leaving indicated upon the check the amount for which it is drawn and which cannot be altered to raise the amount the instrument was originally intended to cover, the said arrangement being with the thousand and hundred characters beginning at the center of the edge of the check and counting in opposite directions and the fractions of a hundred at one edge thereof arranged to count ures. 1

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a check embodying myk invention, the same being blank. Fig. 2 is a view showing a check drawnfor eleven hundred and thirty dollars with the marginal figures 'removed to prevent the raising of the amount.

I am aware that marginal figures have been provided on instruments and adapted to be torn away, but I arrange my ilnprovement iu` a peculiar manner which adapts it for convenience and simplicity of operation.

.At one longitudinal edge, preferably the top, I arrange the thousands and hundreds numbers with the designating thousands and hundreds situated side by side at the center of the edge, as clearly shown. The figures representing the number of hundreds or thousands are arranged at the vsides of the words Thousands and l lund reds, respectively, and counting in opposite directions, that is,

lbeginning with Une adjacent the thousands n nd hund red.` designati on.

Theright-hand margin of the check is provided with the fractions of a hundred, beginning with Ten and running to Ninety,"`

as shown, and arranged to count toward the hundreds, the transverse marginal arrangement being connected by a diagonal perforated line a, so that it can be continuously torn Aand separated, as will be readily understood.

The entire margin is preferably perforated on the line l), as shown, and then Vthe transverse perforations between each number representing the hundreds or thousandsor the fractions of the hundreds, so that they can be readily torn transversely or longitudinally for separating them, as will be readily understood. Y

By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that all of the figures representing the thousands except the One and all of the designating characters representing the hundreds except One, have been torn away, and also all of the iigures representing the fractions of hundred torn away excepting Thirty, which indicates clearly to the party Aholding the check that it is drwn for an amount not exceeding one thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.

It will be readily understood that the thousands and-hundreds can be represented by figures instead of by writing out the number, as here shown, in which event a larger number of figures designating the thousands and hundreds could be used, as will be readily understood, so that the check could be drawn for a much larger amount than here represented.

By means of the diagonal line a, connect- 'ing the hundreds and thousands, it will be seen that, for instance, if the check is drawn for two hundred and ten dollars the transverse line between the One and Two can be torn and then the cheek torn longitudinally and' across the diagonal line n to the fractions of the hundreds down to the proper point and then torn away. This diagonal line (t leaves a space in the cornerof the check, which can be'very conveniently used for the word Pat ented, as clearly shown.

A cheek, bond, note, or other instrument having the marginal arrangement here shown can be conveniently and quickly torn to leave IOC thereon the figures which lrepresent the amount for which the check or other instrunient has been drawn, thus preventing the A raising of the check, as will be readily underl ing-character may be used at this point of the check, putting the receiver thereof on his guard and indicating that if all of the niarginal figures have been removed the check has been tampered with and should be reject-ed.

Having thus fullydcscribed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ise l. A banleeheck, comprising a body portion having' on one edge two series of coupons, each series numbered consecutively from an intermediate starting-point out \var l,`ezu,h series commenoiug with a certai n tgureand increasing in multiples thereof.

A check, bond or other simila r instrument having marginal lgures or numerals designating characters, the longitudinal marginalarrangementeonsistiugofthe thousands andhn'dredsdesignatingcharacters situated side by side near the center oi the edge. ot'

-the check, .the `numbers representing hundreds and thousands beginning adjacent to each of the thousand and hundredeharaeters and counting in opposite directions, substantially as described.

3. A cheek, bond, note or other similar instrument having designating-characters on its margin, adapted to be removed, the arrangement beingwith the thousands and hundreds designating characters situated side by side near the center of the edge of the check, and counting from these characters in opposite directions, and the transverse marginal arrangement of the fractions of a hundred, the same arranged to count toward the hundreds, for the purpose described.

i. A check, note, bond or other similar in-i strument having marginal designating-characters adapted to be removed, the arrangement of the designations with the thousands and hundreds being near the longitudinal edge thereof with the characters counting therefrom in opposite directions, a transverse marginal arrangement of the fractions of a hundred counting toward the hundred numbers, and a diagonal perforation across the corner of the chock connecting the hun l1-eds and the fractions thereof, substantially as deserilnnl.

ln testimony whereof l atlix my signature in presence of two wit nesses.

LRO LOESER. 

